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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-18
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT.
THE QUIET GIRL.
Why She IL, Almost Without Exception,
Auccessful Ia Ikfe.

WY She Il, Almost Without Exception,
successful Ia Life.
The quiet girl is often mistaken for
q stupid one. and reckoned as cipher
among the intellcctualitics Unless
she has wealth and position. she soon
finds herself de trop socially. People
Who invite others because of some So
cial quality are apt to forget her ex-
istence; she does not contribute to the
glorics of any salon. Nobody seems
to feel it duty to draw her out; no
S,ody believes there is any thing to
draw out If, however. she is not
satisfied with her fortunes nobody
bears any thing about it. and cOnse-
quently every body believes. if they
give her thought, that she is perfect
~ resigned to the commonplace. and
that she could not appreciate any thing
better. The quiet girl never wears
high colors Oh the street; you do not
see her Haunting in brilliant plaids
when they happen to be the style;
when high hats are ''in." she does not
pile hers SO high that it sweeps the
cobwebs from the sky; she does not
wear an exaggerated bang when the
Bang is in vogue. nor the biggest hustle
In town. nor the longest train 10 her
1ea-gOwn. nor the greatest number of
bangles when bangles reign.
But because she does not chatter and
giggle and make herself conspicuous
in kOrse-cars or at matinceS. does not
announce her convictions on all occa-
sions and on all subjects. and profess
her admirations at every hands turn.
1t must not be supposed that she has
no ideas or convictions or enthusiasts.
chat she moves along like star in the
3ieavens. which obeys the laws Of gray
itation without selecting Its course or
oljccting to its orbit. She is quiet be-
cause she has no power to make her.
self heard. to change her conditions.
or because she is maturing that power.
When Stella's novel set the world agOg.
did VIC not remember that she was the
quiet girl as school of whom nobody
expected any thing, whom we had not
Thought it worth while to cultivate?
Didn't we all say: "She is the last
a,eussn we should suspect of turn for
literature or originality" fancying
Chat genius must be noisy and self-as-
sertinge "Whcre." VIC ask. "did she
learn to paint character so admirably.
Wt,cn she has not known a hundred
people in all her life?" Yet. all the
xsamc, she has known these few people
10 some purpose; she has had leisure
10 reflect upon all she has seen. She
has not been SO occupied in amusing
herself. in advertising her good points.
in making tho most of herself. but that
she could observe Others, and use all
the material in her world. In the
meanwhile it is the quiet girl who
marrics earliest. who makes the best
match. who fills the inches which her
more brilliant sisters leave vacant,
who manages the servants, runs the
scwiag-macllinc. remembers the birth
days. listens to the "reminiscences of
the old. and often keeps the wolf from
The door. wallpapers Bazaar.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-18
SHORTHAND WRITERS.
The Nind oe R,rssns Who Are Wanted
In Business ONlces.

The Nino Of Psrsens Who Are Wanted
In Business OMlces.
Young people who intend to learn
shorthand and type-wtiting may prof
itably reflect upon remark made the
other day by q New York business
man who has employed shorthand
writer's for many years. and keeps sew
eral girls busy at the typewriter. 1t
is SO easy nowadays to learn shorthand
in our large cities. that large num-
Der of young men and young women
are looking to that art, and to its as
sistant, the typewriter. as . means of
earning their subsistence. Ingenious
teachers have learned just how to help
their pupils over the difficulties. and to
get them quickly able to ''take down"
. vast number of words in a minute.
But. according to our New Yorker,
the kind of person who is wanted in \
business Office is not one who can
merely take down two hundred words
IN minute, and then write them out
with corresponding rapidity by the
machine. He declares that hs has
tried several nice girls in his office
who could write well enough and fast
enough, and yet were absolutely
worthless to busy man. He re-
ceives, for example, a note asking a
favor. He writes upon the note. in
pencil 'polite no." He wants his clerk
to write an answer refusing the favor
in gentle, cOnciliatory manner. ac-
cording to the nature of the request.
and the character. standing and sex Of
the applicant. This requires judg-
ment and some little knowledge of the
world. 1t is a simple matter. but many
shorthand writers are unable to ac-
complish it. On another note, asking
an interview. the employer writes:
"Yes. tomorrow at half-past two;
here" Our New Yorker asserts that he
has had applicants highly recommend
ed, who could not. unaided. write ac-
ceptably the note required by this di-
rection. Such things demand certain
amount of tact. taste. knack. ''gump-
tion." which many rapid writers do
not possess. and perhaps could never
acquire.
In truth, business men scarcely ex-
pect young shorthand writers to write
any thing of Importance without dicta-
ton. But here. again. if we may trust
our new Yorker. large proportion of
young girls are incompetent He says
u girl is of little use to him unless she
can spell Buenos Ayres or Scringapa-
tum without stopping to look it up in
the Office gazetteer. He also wishes.
not merely that she shall be able to
spell Cicero without IN S, but that she
shall have some little idea whether a
man. a little girl or a piece Of crOckery
is meant by the word. He goes so far
rs to say that skill in the use of short
hand and the typewriter counts for
nothing. and less than nothing. unless
that skill is supplemented by II general
knowledge of men and things, which
an intelligent mind can not help ac-
quiring. but which some good and re-
spectacle people never acquire. He
sums it all up in a short. I'M
patient sentence: Il want awriter that
knows something. Youths Co1mpa's-
ion
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-18
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

"A woman in Grove, Eng. has
lately been appointed town crier and
hill-poster.
The British Government is adopt
ing self-winding clocks for new public
buildings.
Frederick Douglass. during visit
to the French House Of Deputies. was
struck by the fact that no member
ehewed tobacco or smoked.
The impulsive King of Uganda has
relented again. and has recently per-
mitted European mails to pass through
his country, and a few supplies for
Emin Pasha
For the first time Sweden has q
woman who is recognized as physi-
clan by the faculty. She is Miss
Nelson. took her degree with the high
est honors. and is practicing in Copen-
hagen.
Hereafter each division of the Ger
man army will be provided with a
lighting carriage" which will contsin
a steam engine, apparatus for produc-
ing electric light and refectors. The
intention is to light up a camp and its
surroundings SO as to make surprise
impossible.-Bos.On Transcript
The armies on the continent
amount we are told. to 9.847. OS4 men.
and the cost of training. maintaining
and furnishing them with munitions of
war. amounts to the enormous sum of
s64O 900. 900 yearly. How can the
nations prosper under this grinding
weight?
Social etiquette at Perkin is under
going a revolution. The marquis and
marchioness of Tseng visit freely at all
the foreign legations and receive visits
of foreigners ut their homes This is
directly contrary to former custom.
and the inference is drawn that the
course of the marquis is instigated by
the higher powers.
AT the time of the death Of
George ". in 1880 there were 1928
hereditary peers" says London Truth.
There are now Az. During this
period 335 new baronctcies have been
created 27S by the Liberalst and Sc by
the Conservativcs-s proportion which
shows that Liberals are more greedy
for this honor than Conservatives"
Mr.. H. IL Hayter. the Victorian
Government statist, has prepared the
following return Of the apparent"
population Of each Of the Australasian
colonies at the end of 1886. The totals
are as follows: Victoria 1888. O52,
New South Wales 1.O3O. 1852. Queens
land 343. 76S. South Australia 3l2 4S9.
Western Australia 4O.OS4. Tasmania
1877, 211. New Zealand $50. 366. Grand
total. 8. 1876 6S2.
"A hospital for animals in London
is being planned, together with FREQ
dispcnsaries in the poorer quarters of
the metropolis. where, besides treat
ment of the suffering creatures them
selves. lectures can be given and
pamphlets published for public instruc-
ton. III many poor ncighborhood>.
horses. donkeys, ETC.. often endure
long misery owing to their owners
being unable to pay for professional
aid. and by this plan skilled treatment
would be brought within reach of the
poorest.
DIR. Oscar LEM. the eminent sci
enlist, has lately returned to Europe.
after travelling on foot across the At
rican continent through regions liter
ally rceking with marsh fevers. agnes
and smallpox. Daring the entire
journey he enjoyed robust health and
not once felt the need of medicine.
Not drop of alcoholic liquor passed
his lips Rice, chicken and tea fo-mcd
his staple fare, and he dressed entirely
in 1annel.-N T. Witness.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-18
PASTEUR'S TREATMENT.

Statistical Facts Relating to tho Preach
Savant's Hydrophobis Cure.
According to the report of the per-
petual secretary, the number Of per-
sons subjected at the institute to the
Pasteur treatment during the fourteen
months from the end of October. 1885.
to the end of December, 1886, was, in
all. 1852.
OF this number. 2,164 had been Bit
ten by animals known for certain to
have been mad ut the time of biting.
and the remaining SIS by animals sns-
pected to have been mad. Ut the
2,l64 bitten by animals undoubtedly
mad. and treated according to Pas
tours method, % persons died. repre-
eenting propOrtionate mortality Of
"a per cent. Of the 5l8 bitten BY
animals presumed to be mad and sub
iected to Pasteur's treatment, only two
died.. e.. o. 50 per cent.
Now, the statistics of rabies before
the discovery and application of the
Pasteur method give the proportion 1t
mortality from that disease among the
persons affected by it as at lowest IS
per cent. II, then. the 2.l64 persons
in the state described had not been
treated by the Pasteur method. the
cases Of mortality among them. ae-
corling to the determination Of the
statistics, would have been, not %. but
SAG. That is to say, of the 9. l64 per-
sons. 81 owe their present existence
to Pasteurs method.
Looking. next, exclusively to tho
most dangerous eases. we find that
there were IS persons bitten by nsst
wolves. 1856 persons bitten on the head
or face by animals known to be mad
and % bitten ON the head or face by
animals presumed to be mad. OF the
4S in question died.. e., q mortality
Of IA per cent.
The mortality in similar cases be-
fore the Pasteur method is asccrtainet3
to have been 60 to 80 per cent. More
over. three Of the forty-eight persons
had actually broken out in rabies be-
fore the application of the treatment.
and their deaths may therefore be left
out of account. thus reducing the NOR
tally of this class under the Pastcur
treatment to 8 per cent. as against 60
per cent. to 30 per cent. without the
Pastcur treatment. of the 1856 above
specified, the number Of persons who
died was nine, or 4S3 per cent. ~
sgainst s. per cent without the Pas
teur treatment. That is. out Of tho
1856, 163 would have died but for tho
Pasteur treatment, whereas with tho
Pasteur treatment only nine died
Lastly. Of the g above specified only
ono died. G.. mortality of 1857 per
cent. All that does not, however. ex-
haust the statement of the Rasteur
benefit. For some months past H.
Pasteur has modified his method. and
in the most serious case has applied.
not simple, but intensive treatment IA
he terms it. And. whereas out u tho
1876 specially serious cases in which tho
simple treatment was applied nine
died. in 80 specially serious cases IN
which intensive treatmcnt was ap-
piled no mortality whatever followed.
DR.. Vulpian. the secretary Of the in
stitn3e. is. therefore. fully justified in
his conclusion that Pasteur's prevent
i've treatment for rabies is one of the
hsppiess discoveries ever made. either
from q scientific or humanitarian
point of view.-Lo'sdos Times
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-18

the Bible declares to be the direct re-
suit Of sin. and of leading Va back to
the Edenic proclamation: LET them
have dominion over all the earth?"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-18
Tompkins Didn't Bite.

NO." said Tompkins. Il no longer
call on Miss Robinson. You know
she's fine performer on the piano.
but l got tired Of hearing the same
piece every time called
''What was the piece?" asked Tit
marsh.
'.MendelssOhn's Wedding March. >"
~ y. Sun.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-18

Tho Hartford Times says that
shad have nearly forsaksn the Con
nccticut
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-18

Mrs. Shaw, an Indiana woman, IL
making fortune out of dust-pan.
She thought as she worked and her
bright idea is turning into bright dol.
lars.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-25
Benefits ofILife Insurance.
Lnco7u. Neb. State Journal.

Lt2cOtn, eeO. iSt0te JOTNH6.
Two men met in a Lincoln hotel.
and man number one asked the other
what he thought of the Rev. Dr.. Tai
msge's remarks on life insurance.
The greatest effort of his life,
There was a great deal of sound
sense. By the way"
Il agree with you. Life insurance
is one the noblest privileges of the
age. I was going to ask if you
"People who doubted the merits oi
insurance before will have faith in il
now. I represent the"
"And I represent the Night Hawk
Insurance company. Couldn't is
sue you pol"
"You represent that rotten com
pany? I am the agent for the Vul
ture Insurance company; didn't
know you were in the business"
"And I didn't know you were
Talmage made great display Of ig
norance, didn't he %
"Worst | ever saw. But it is 8
GREAT card for u.s.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-25

Mr.. J. S. Jeans, in his history of
steel, says from first to last Mr..
Bessemer's patents have brought
him royalties to the value. of
81, ,057, 1000, more than S5,00O,OOO,
this country paying him large
portion of it. Nor is this all. Mr..
Jeans speaking of the immense
profits Of the firm of which Mr..
Bessemer was a member, says that
on the expiration of the fourteen
years term of partnership Of this
irm, the works, which had been
greatly increased from time to time,
entirely out of the revenues, were
sold by private contract for exactly
twenty-four times the amount of
the whole subscribed capital, not
withstanding that the firm had di-
ided in profits during the partner
ship a sum equal to ffty-seven
times the gross capital, SO that by
the mere commercial working OF
the process, apart from the patent,
each of the five partners retired,
after fourteen years, from the Shef-
field works with eighty-one times
the amount Of his subscribed CAPT.
tai, or an average Of nearly cent
per cent for every two months
result probably unprecedented in
the annals Of commerce.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-25

If the manuscripts of speeches,
sermons, law arguments, scientific
or professional, we're printed as
they come to the printers hands,
seven in ten Of great regulations
would be wrecked-the educators
of the land, the very teachers OF
the grammar schools, not excepted.
There is something in the process
Of the handling of types, of read
ing copy, of correcting proofs, that
begets an aptitude that no other
profession can give. The mind is
so trained that it detects errors in
style, expression, and rythm in
composition, as the trained ear dis
covers discords in music. The
printer is, after all, the real pro-
tector of literary reputation Col.
r. T. Yam Horne.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-25
The Chattsworth Tragedy.

CHICAGO, August 1S.-A special
to the Times says: Timothy Cough
Ian, section foreman, was promptly
arrested and will be taken to Pom
tiac, the county seat of Livingstone
County, at once. He says he cannot
give bail and will have to go to jail.
He insists that the verdict is unjust
that he went over his entire section
as ordered. and that no fires were
built near the bridge. The jury
made out separate verdicts for each
of the victims.
Another victim OF the wreck died
this morning at Fanbury. His name
was Elton Waters, Chattaraugus, n.
Y. Until within a few days Of the
accident he was employed in watch
folding at Peoria. This makes the
total number of verified deaths 10.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-25

words she uttered, ooh, Amos, the
devil has set his mark on you," ex-
cited his curiosity, and he looked in
the glass and found the image of a
black cat photographed in silhouette
on his bald front. The picture was
perfect. 1t was about FIVE inches
from tip to tip and in perfect proper
ton, The cats "whiskers," teeth
and even the hairs on its tail were
reproduced with exquisite minute
ness. Curiosity being satisfied, they
tried to remove the obnoxious mark
ing, using such homely remedies as
soapsuds and scouringbrick, vinegar
and ashes, &C., but to no purpose.
However, in the morning the picture
was much faded, and by noon it had
quite disappeared.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-25

The paper pipes for water an
gas recently exhibited in Vienna
are rolled from sheets of paper
and coated on the inside with ena.
mel, the composition Of which is
secret. In winding, the paper is
soaked in melted asphalt, and the
pipe is painted outside with asphalt
varnish and busted with sand. Il
is claimed that the pipes will reisst
an internal pressure Of two thous'
and pounds, although the materis
is only about half an inch thick.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-25

According to Canon Farrar,
Cruikshank, the artist, offered one
hundred pounds for proof of vio-
lent crime committed by total alb
stainer, and the money remains un-
claimed to this day. A temperance
society in England offers large
reward for proof Of single in
stance where property, accumula-
ted by liquor selling, has descended
to the third generation. These offers
are still standing, and they suggest
most important truth.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-25
PHOTOGRAPHED BY LIGHTNING
Bald Pate of a Michigan Man
During Storm.

HILLsDALE, MICH, August IA
curious electric phenomenon is re-
ported from Fayette township, Hills
dale County. Thursday evening q
lively thunder shower passed over
that region, during which the play of
lightning was peculiarly frequent and
vivid. Just before the storm broke
Amos J. Biggs, farmer living mid.
way between Hillsdale and Jones'
vile, who is quite bald, his head be-
ing smooth and shiny, went into his
back yard to frigbten away some cats
that were fighting on woodpile. So
Intent were they on exterminating
one another as to allow Farmer Biggs
to approach within few feet of them.
At the same instant there was great
crash and an electric bolt struck The
wcodp;le, scattering it and s:iffeaing
the cats in an intense rigor mortis.
Aside from a prickly sensation and
sudden contraction Of the muscles,
Mr.. Biggs experienced no unpleasant
effects. The fluid passed down his
body. tore the works of his watch to
pieces, breaking the cover, ripped his
left trouser leg from top to bottom
and burst his left boot, tearing the
upper clear from the sole. Whom he
entered the house his wife tainted.
Unconscious of the cause, the farmer
FASTENED to bring her to. The first
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-25
SHOES.

Ny business in this line has increased
so that I have enlarged this department
in order to make room for my large as
sorrment of Gents Fine Shoes for Spring
and Summer wear. Among the leading
makes the celebrated Bannister Shoes
may be found in all the latest shapes in
Congress, Lace and Low-quarter Shoes.
1 have beautiful line of Shoes in all
styles, Hand-sewed, guaranteed for
s5.00-the best shoe in the city. Also
the celebrated douglass Shoe, warranted;
price in mems, $500; in boys $500.
Hoping to see you at the Emporium OF
Fashion inspecting this mammoth stock.
Respectfully, N. J.. klNARD.
Columbia, S. G.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-25
Steam Power

which we put in last spring.
It is a small beginning, and
should not be despised. The
first steam printing ever done
in Newberry was in our estab-
lishment, and it's still going
on. You know that steam
power is much more satisfdc-
tory than hand power in any
enterprise where power IS to
be used. Our power is pro-
duced by a novel piece of
mechanism in the shape of an
engine no bigger than a stove!
Come in and see it in opera
lion. We take delight in
seeing you about as we'll as
asking you to
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-25
THE CAUSE OF POVERTY.

Rev. DR.. Howard Crosby, in his
article in the Forum for August,
writes Of The Forgotten Cause of
Poverty touches on a subject of
the timeliest interest. It would
have been better, however, if he
had entitled his paper THE Ignored
Cause of Poverty" for it seems to
US that no intelligent person cen
fail to remember the real cause Of
poverty, while everybody in this
day and time is inclined to ignore
it.
DR.. Crosby says, and says truly,
that the increase of riches does not
increase poverty. The evil Of vast
wealth in individuals is not that it
increases poverty, but that it tempts
to injustice. This is the truth in
nutshell. The wealth Of individu-
ais, no matter how great it may be,
must be poured out in the trades
and professions. An individual
may hoard bonds, securities, notes,
or collaterals, but he cannot hoard
currency. Consequently the trades
and the professions Will prosper as
well when the wealth is in the
hands of five hundred as when it is
the hands of fifty thousand.
AS the truth of this proposition
need not be argued, but is self-evi-
dent, the conclusion is that every
one, by means of industry, is enabled
to get money or its equivalent. DR..
Crosby concludes that all this pratt
ing about poverty as causedby wealth
is cheap demagogism. Poverty is
never caused by wealth, for the rea-
son that wealth does not mean an ac-
emulation of money, but its equiv
alent
Inordinate wealth may be used to
frame unjust laws, or to carry out
Legislative designs that are inimical
to the interests of the poor, but the
remedy for this is with the poor
themselves. In this country they
are tremendously in the majority, as
compared with the wealthy. Let
them elect Legislators, State and ma
tional, to suit themselves. When
they have done this, wealth will have
no influence in the lobby, and, there
fore, no influence on legislation.
According toDr. Crosby, the basis
Of the George-McGlynn movement
is envy, pure and simple, and we
have no doubt this is SO, for poor
men in all walks and in all profess
sions, continue to accumulate COM
petencies. They continue to rise.
It has been so from the beginning,
and it will be so to the end.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-25
DEATH IN 4 SHAM BATTLE.
A Shocking Catastrophe at q Veteran
Reunion.

ENFIELD, ILL, August 1.-TWO
terrible accidents occurred here this
morning at the renunion Of the 87th
Illionois Veterans. During the sham
battle a cannon was prematurely dis.
charged, blowing off James Crockett's S
right arm. An instant later, few
rods distant, another cannon was dis
charged prematurely and stretched
FIVE bleeding victims On the ground.
Gabe lullenger had both arms blown
off, and Will probably die. The